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Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund

(Encyclopedia) Adorno, Theodor WiesengrundAdorno, Theodor Wiesengrundtāədôrˌ vēˈzəngr&oobreve;nd ädôrˈnō [key], 1903–69, German philosopher, born as Theodor Adorno Wiesengrund. Forced into exile…

Easy Rider <span class="date" >(1969)</span>

Director: Dennis HopperCast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Karen Black This gutsy, low-budget road film features inspired performances, good writing, expressive camera work…

Modern Times <span class="date" >(1936)</span>

Director: Charlie ChaplinCast: Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard As with Metropolis, this film centers on a fear of a mechanized world but with Chaplin's winning humanity — and even a…

Buddy Faro

CBSFriday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; on hiatusCast:Dennis Farina, Frank Whaley and Allison Smith Playboy dick Buddy Faro (Farina) dropped out of society in 1978 and returns in 1998 to find things…

Hush

Director:Jonathan DarbyWriters:Jane Rusconi and Jonathan DarbyDirector of Photography:Andrew DunnEditors:Lynzee Klingman, Robert Leighton and Dan RaeMusic:Christopher YoungProduction…

Mason, Bobbie Ann

(Encyclopedia) Mason, Bobbie Ann, 1940–, American regional author, b. Mayfield, Ky., grad. Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1962), State Univ. of New York, Binghamton (M.A., 1966), Univ. of Connecticut (Ph.D…

Assiniboin

(Encyclopedia) AssiniboinAssiniboinəsĭnˈəboinˌ [key], Native North Americans whose culture is that of the N Great Plains; their language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic…

Arras

(Encyclopedia) Arras Arras äräsˈ [key], city, capital of Pas-de-Calais dept., and historic capital of Artois, N France, on the canalized Scarpe River. It is a…

Needham, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Needham, JosephNeedham, Josephnēdˈəm [key], 1900–1995, British biochemist, historian of science, and sinologist, b. London. He had a lifelong association with Cambridge, where he was…

luminism

(Encyclopedia) luminismluminisml&oomacr;ˈmĭnĭzˌəm [key], American art movement of the 19th cent. Luminism was an outgrowth of the Hudson River school. In its concern for capturing the effects of…